Giacomo Vighi (circa 1510-1570) was an Italian painter; he was active mainly in the court of the House of Savoy as a portrait painter.

Biography

Vighi was born likely in

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, near

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. He is said to have painted a loggetta in the tower of Santa Caterina in the

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, depicting the then princes and princesses of the House of Este. In Turin, he became the official portrait painter of the Royal family. He traveled to France, Spain, Bohemia, and Saxony in this role. He was also commissioned by Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, as a buyer for artworks for the Savoy Palaces. Two of his portraits, Emmanuel Philibert and

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, remain in the Galleria Sabauda.Ferrara Terra e Acqua website
entry on painter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vighi, Giacomo 1510 births 1570 deaths People from the Province of Ferrara 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Ferrara Painters from Piedmont